Out-of-bounds Read Affecting p11-kit package, versions <0.23.15-2+deb10u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-P11KIT-1050832
  • published13 Dec 2020
  • disclosed16 Dec 2020

Introduced: 13 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-29362  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 p11-kit to version 0.23.15-2+deb10u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream p11-kit package and not the p11-kit package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in p11-kit 0.21.1 through 0.23.21. A heap-based buffer over-read has been discovered in the RPC protocol used by thep11-kit server/remote commands and the client library. When the remote entity supplies a byte array through a serialized PKCS#11 function call, the receiving entity may allow the reading of up to 4 bytes of memory past the heap allocation.

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